Screenwriter JT Mollner on adapting Stephen King's works for the big screen

The Long Walk sees a group of young people (played by Joshua Odjick, Jordan Gonzalez, David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman and Charlie Plummer) volunteer for an annual contest. - Handout

While others his age were making the leap from Dr. Seuss to Judy Blume, JT Mollner was working his way, page by difficult page, through Stephen King’s Carrie.

He was seven years old.